You could be forgiven for thinking that Conan O’Brien is a pretty unlikely source of advice on career management – until you watch this. If you want to jump to the Big Fat Hairy Point bit, it’s about 17 minutes in, but I found the BFHP piece all the more excellent because it’s such a sharp contrast from his light opening and body material.

Great stuff, which should be listened to by everyone leaving formal education for the first time and will no doubt be liberally plagiarised by commencement speakers all over the world – in the unlikely event that I am ever asked to address my Alma Mater, I will certainly be lifting entire chunks from this. Enjoy.